[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 2 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H84]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER SINE DIE 
                              ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted the following resignation from the House of 
Representatives:

                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                Washington, DC, November 26, 1996.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House of Representatives,
     The Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Newt: Attached please find a copy of the letter I have 
     sent to Kansas Governor Bill Graves informing him that I am 
     resigning from the House of Representatives effective at 
     12:00 p.m. central time on Wednesday, November 27th, 1996.
       It has been an honor and a privilege to serve with you in 
     the House of Representatives. We enacted reforms during the 
     104th Congress that has moved this country in the right 
     direction. I look forward to continuing to work with you to 
     balance the federal budget, reduce the size, scope, and 
     intrusiveness of the federal government, and restore the 
     American Dream.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Sam Brownback,
     Member of Congress.
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                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                Washington, DC, November 25, 1996.
     Gov. Bill Graves,
     State Capitol, Topeka, KS.
       Dear Governor Graves: For the past two years, it has been 
     my privilege to serve the people of Kansas' Second District 
     as their elected Representative in the U.S. Congress. It has 
     been an eventful tenure.
       These are remarkable times, and public servants have a 
     tremendous opportunity and responsibility for making America 
     a better place.
       There is much work to be done, and the people rightly 
     expect that we will begin it in earnest. Toward that end, I 
     am scheduled to be sworn in as a U.S. Senator for Kansas at 
     2:00 p.m. central time, Wednesday, November 27, 1996. 
     Accordingly, I am resigning my seat in the U.S. House of 
     Representatives effective at 12:00 p.m. central time, 
     Wednesday, November 27, 1996.
       The work of renewing America is unfinished. I see cause for 
     great hope as I believe we are now clearly focused on those 
     very problems which most confound us. There has never been a 
     challenge which the American nation recognized clearly and 
     approached resolutely which we did not overcome. We have 
     cause for great Thanksgiving.
           Sincerely,
     Sam Brownback.
     
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